Breaking The Silence

IDF Spokesperson's Unit pushes back after former soldier joins Breaking the Silence

IDF Spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Effie Defrin responded to the announcement with an urgent letter sent to unit commanders, saying that the soldier's remarks "do not reflect" the unit and those within it.

Ayelet Kroizer.
A PALESTINIAN man walks past Hebrew graffiti that reads, ‘Death to Arabs,’ on the wall of a home allegedly damaged house by Israeli settlers in the village of Deir al-Hatab in the West Bank, in March 2026.

Two Palestinians killed, four wounded in West Bank settler attack on school

A site of an Israeli strike on a house, in Deir Al-Balah the Gaza Strip. April 7, 2025.

NGO alleges IDF razed civilian homes for buffer zone, did not have clear rules of engagement

 IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, October 26, 2024.

Anonymous soldier claims IDF uses human shields in Gaza - report


Bill keeping far-left NGOs from schools advances to final vote

The bill will move to a final vote in the Knesset plenum in two weeks.

Visitors on a tour held by leftwing NGO "Breaking the Silence" walk down Shuhada street in the West Bank city of Hebron April 19, 2017

Knesset event on ‘children of occupation’ angers Right

The MKs also announced that they would show a documentary about the suffering of Palestinian children, but the Knesset does not permit showing videos at meetings.

THE MINARET of a mosque is seen near the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan

Knesset advances bill banning Breaking the Silence from schools

The bill, in addition to banning organizations which "act against the IDF" also aims to integrate the state's goals for meaningful IDF service into the curriculum.

A general view shows the plenum during the swearing-in ceremony of the 20th Knesset, the new Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem March 31, 2015.

German FM to meet with Netanyahu, doesn't plan to meet Breaking the Silence

Sigmar Gabriel does not have a meeting with Breaking the Silence on his agenda this trip.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L-R) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talk to German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel before they pose for a group picture with their delegations at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, February 16, 2016

Breaking the Silence must be silenced

Current laws are too weak to offer protection against anti-Israel anarchists who are operating inside Israel.

Employees work at the offices of Israeli rights group "Breaking the Silence" in Tel Aviv, Israel, December 16, 2015

The untold story of Hanukka

‘The Hasmonean War was primarily directed against Jews and not against Greeks… meaning the Hellenistic Jews’ (Yeshayahu Leibowitz)

THIS WAS found in an underground cave tomb uncovered by workers widening a road in central Israel. The Hebrew inscription Hashmonaim appears on one of the boxes for human bones – the first evidence, archaeologists say, that the Hasmoneans, or Macccabees, who rebelled against Greek rule in the 2nd ce

Mandelblit: New bills threaten country’s democracy

Ex-justice Weinstein accuses Shaked of pressuring attorney general in Breaking the Silence case.

Avichai Mandelblit

Prosecutor’s office could open second investigation into Breaking the Silence

The IDF has repeatedly claimed that the organization of ex-IDF soldiers falsifies information against the army’s conduct in the West Bank.

An IDF soldier stands next to a blindfolded Palestinian prisoner

Livni warns: Netanyahu's anti-NGO steps are steering Israel towards McCarthyism

As the prime minister charges ahead in his legal battle against foreign-funded NGOs, some of his critics claim he's undermining Israel's status as a democracy.

Netanyahu and Livni

Netanyahu pushes for bill to ban Breaking the Silence, BDS NGOs

The bill would shut down Israeli groups that try to put IDF soldiers on trial in international courts.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pauses while addressing attendees during the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. Headquarters in New York, October 1, 2015.